| ARSHDEEP | India limited-overs cricketer known for his death over bowling signed by Kent CCC for part of the 2023 season (8) |
| SINGH | India limited-overs cricketer known for his death over bowling signed by Kent CCC for part of the 2023 season (5) |
| SANJU | India limited overs and Rajasthan Royals wicketkeeper/ batter (5,6) |
| SAMSON | India limited overs and Rajasthan Royals wicketkeeper/ batter (5,6) |
| RICKY | PAUL BECAME A FATHER TO HIM IN 2002 AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS DEATH IN 2012 (Y&R) |
| VITAE | He has power of life and death over his people, ____ necisque in suos habet potestatem, vide Caes. B.G. 1.16.5 (of the chief magistrate of the Aedui)) ... |
| CHOLERA | Acute disease caused by infection of the intestine, the cause of millions of deaths over centuries (7) |
| GAYLE | Chris ___, Jamaican cricketer known for his powerful hitting (5) |
| MERV | ___ Hughes, Australian cricketer known for his handlebar moustache (4) |
| DHONI | Cricketer known for the "Helicopter" shot |
| LUCKHURST | English opening batsman who played his entire county career, from 1958 to 1976, for Kent CCC, of which he later became president (5,9) (see 51D) |
| BRIAN | English opening batsman who played his entire county career, from 1958 to 1976, for Kent CCC, of which he later became president (5,9) (see 10D) |
| SAN | Part of the name of four of the twenty most populous U.S. cities |
| RRR | What is the short form used for calculating runs required off the remaining overs for a team chasing in a limited overs cricket match? (1,1,1) |
| JACKHOBBS | English cricketer known as The Master; the leading run-scorer in first-class cricket (4,5) |
| ALASKA | Home of 17 of the 20 highest peaks in the U.S. |
| SATC | Show whose episodes include "Valley of the Twenty-Something Guys" and "Plus One Is the Loneliest Number," for short |
| SPOFFORTH | F R ___, Australia cricketer known as The Demon Bowler; first to take a Test hat-trick (9) |
| BONE | One of about 300 for a baby, typically (compared to 206 for an adult) |
| BALDER | More like one of the 20 found in top of beech tree (6) |
